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A growing number of French pop stars are daring to write songs in English. Their critics call it unpatriotic and an affront to French culture -- but it also means larger audiences. Today, we examine the rise of the English-language French music. Also: Chicago-based indie music collective Anathallo performs live in our studio.
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AnathalloEnglish Lyrics in French Music? Quelle horreur!
A French musician writing and singing in English would have been unthinkable a few years ago. But a growing wave of French artists are flouting custom and reaching out to a wider, English-speaking audience. They electro-pop artists like Daft Punk, Air, and Sebastien Tellier as well as indie acts like ...
Controversies at Eurovision
Language crossover isn’t the only controversy to dog the Eurovision Song Contest over the years. There are the inevitable political dramas that can underscore the famously outrageous celebration of kitsch. This year’s contest takes place in Moscow from May 12-14 and there are at least two big controversies brewing – ...
Anathallo on Soundcheck
The Chicago-based music collective Anathallo are playing live on Soundcheck today. Check out a couple of pictures of their unusual percussion setup from the sound check before the show.
La musique ist der language internazionale
Making fun of the French has become almost a national pastime. (Saturday Night Live in 1989: this week the Berlin Wall fell and East and West Germany were reunited. In a related story, France offered to surrender.) It's really not fair, but let's face it, sometimes the French just make ...